Pros
- I believe there are many well-meaning people here. - Seeing kids progress was awesome and that we were making a difference (for example, hearing a non-verbal kid talk is very fulfilling). - At least one of the directors got it. They understood my challenges and were very kind to me.
Cons
- There was an insane amount of lies and gossip. Support from management was hit and miss. I had great support from fellow admins, but unfortunately the problems that were going on ran much deeper than what they could influence. - I was supposed to be working part time, but ended up working full time many weeks. I also worked until midnight on many occasions. - When I stepped into the position, I inherited many problems and did my best to fix them. Many things were not being done the way they were supposed to and upper management was not aware until I became involved. - I was in a lose-lose situation caught between making clinicians unhappy, parents unhappy, and behavior technicians unhappy (we were understaffed and as a scheduler, I got blamed for everything). My coworkers thought I was actively sabotaging them - which could not have been further from the truth... - I was making less money than my coworker who started at the same time as me, was much less qualified, and was performing essentially the same role (our responsibilities overlapped but mine were much more stressful and challenging) .